---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 6.5"
title: "5"
number: "6.5"
heading: "Assignment of excepted employees."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/6.5"
---

# §6.5. Assignment of excepted employees.


No person who is serving under an excepted appointment shall be assigned to the work of a position in the competitive service without prior approval of OPM.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301, 3302. Link to an amendment published at 91 FR 52479, Aug. 14, 2026.

### Source

Source: 28 FR 10025, Sept. 14, 1963, unless otherwise noted.